There are a number of tools and services offered at the Nectar Research Cloud Nodes to aid in the access, transfer and management of research data. Each service has been assigned a category for simplification, but most services would span multiple categories. Please get in contact with your Node to learn more about how linking research data tools and services to your storage can make your data more usable, accessible and organised.

SERVICE CATEGORY DEFINITIONS

Data Transfer

Tools that enable the rapid and secure transfer of data into (ingest) and from (egress) node data storage. Data may be transferred between nodes and from nodes to researchers. This includes movement of data via high speed networks as well as transportation of physical media (eg hard/flash drives) to enable local, high speed ingest where researcher access to high speed networks is not available.

Data Management

Tools to organise your data. This often involves storing metadata, sharing tools, searching tools, and providing a history of changes to datasets. The services may incorporate a range of other functions including data access and transfer as well as data hosting and sharing.

Workflow

Workflow tools enable simple, repeatable and shareable research data management processes, typically within a research domain. For example, a workflow tool may often collect data directly from analysis instruments and streamline the access and organisation of the data as well as assigning metadata.

Service Portal

The web “shop front” and main entry point for node research cloud services accessed via your browser. Node portals offer a broad array of resources and information including requests for services, registration, support and knowledge bases, and tools for managing data.